Joseph Campbell Quotes

"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek."

on Fear

"The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight."

on Mental Health

"Only birth can conquer death—the birth , not of the old thing again, but of something new ."

on Life

"It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure."

on Life

"The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature."

on Nature

"Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before."

on Motivation

"Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls."

on Inspirational

"I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money [not for purpose or passion]- has turned himself into a slave."

on Work

"Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer."

on Life

"Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging."

on Life

"Mythology is to relate found truth to the living of a life."

on Philosophy

"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us."

on Life

"Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again."

on Life

"The demon that you can swallow gives you its power, and the greater life’s pain, the greater life’s reply."

on Life

"Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths."

on Psychology